A brief look at Meghalaya Assembly Elections 2013

By Super

Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 17:16 [IST]

Meghalaya will go the assembly election on February 23 and it will be the first election of the year. Polls will be held in all 60 constituencies of the state. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Congress president DD Lapang along with 343 candidates are in the fray to contest the poll.

Some of the prominent candidates are - CM, Home Minister HDR Lyngdoh, Congress president Lapang , UDP president Don Kupar Roy, Education minister RC Laloo, former Leader of Opposition and son of PA Sangma Conrad K Sangma and his brother James Sangma.

Meghalaya Assembley Elections (Total 60 ACs)
Status Known For 60 out of 60 Constituencies
Party	Won	Leading	Total
Indian National Congress	30	0	30
Nationalist Congress Party	2	0	2
United Democaratic Party	8	0	8
Hill State People's Democratic Party	4	0	4
Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	0
National People's Party	2	0	2
Others	14	0	14

Meghalaya Assembley Elections Partywise Result
Party	2013	2008	Margin
Indian National Congress	30	25	+5
Nationalist Congress Party	2	11	-9
United Democaratic Party	8	15	-7
Hill State People's Democratic Party	4	2	+2
Bharatiya Janata Party	0	1	-1
National People's Party	2	0	+2
Others	14	5	+9

Partywise Position in Meghalaya

Details of Assembly constituencies
Total Assembly constituencies	59 (Gen 5, SC 0, ST 55)
Assembly constituencies for which elections are being held	60
Assembly constituencies for which Candidates/Voter turnout is Available	60

Electors and Voters
Total Electors	14,90,015, of which 7,53,307 are women (12,14, 636 in 2008)
Polling Stations	2,485
Votes Polled	10,85, 966 (in 2008)
Polling %	89.4% (in 2008)

Number of Candidates
Number of Candidates Parties				345 in 2013 (338 in 2008)
Party-wise candidates
INC	NCP	NPP	UDP	BJP	CPI	Independents	Others
60	21	32	50	13	1	122	46

Election Schedule in Meghalaya
Sl. No:	Poll Event
Sl. No:	Poll Event	Date
1.	Issue of Notification	30.1.2013 (Wednesday)
2.	Last Date for making Nominations	6.2.2013 (Wednesday)
3.	Scrutiny of Nominations	7.2.2013 (Thursday)
4.	Last Date for Withdrawal of Candidature	9.2.2013 (Saturday)
5.	Date of Poll	23.2.2013 (Saturday)
6.	Counting of Votes on	28.2.2013 (Thursday)
7.	Date before which the Election shall be Completed	3.3.2013 (Sunday)
8.	Hours of Poll	0700 hrs to 1600 hrs